ROME (ITALPRESS) – That of Merz’s Populars in Germany “is a clear victory, of a party that knows how to curb extremism and has conducted a serious election campaign on issues that interest its voters: a sustainable and not unbridled green, controlled immigration, security, growth.” Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani says in an interview with “Corriere della Sera” that the Cdu-Csu cannot govern alone “and will do so with the Spd: in Germany there is a long tradition of large coalitions, which are made on the basis of clear and precise programs. But this time the weights are very clear: it will be the Cdu-Csu that will lead and give impetus to the government, no longer a center-left government that disappointed voters, so much so that those who were in the executive came out of the election very badly. So, I expect stability, which is the precondition for any positive development, for Germany and for all of Europe, which will have a strong shot with the Cdu leadership.”
For Italy, a Germany that is assumed to be stable means “a lot. Our economy,” adds the Forza Italia leader, “is closely linked to the German economy and vice versa: their growth would have positive effects for us as well. We are Europe’s first and second manufacturing, that matters. And the political approach is also similar.” “Certainly, a Germany that returns as a protagonist and economic driver strengthens everyone, but the point,” Tajani points out, “is that with Merz we can think about moving forward on the road that really strengthens the EU, the one that De Gasperi, Adenauer, and Berlusconi were thinking about: a common European defense. Because that is the knot.”
How do you assess the AfD’s result? “I think it is really a protest vote, coming mainly from East Germany for historical and economic reasons. So is the vote for the Linke, although obviously different. The strength of the Cdu,” Tajani concludes, “is to have contained this vote, and now to be able to keep it on the sidelines.
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